[Bug 1689759] Re: CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation

Tue May 16 17:05:21 UTC 2017

This bug was fixed in the package kauth - 5.26.0-0ubuntu2.1

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kauth (5.26.0-0ubuntu2.1) yakkety-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Local privilege escalation (LP: #1689759)
    - debian/patches/local-privilege-esc-CVE-2017-8422.patch
    - Thanks to Sebastian Krahmer for reporting this issue,
      Albert Astals Cid for fixing this issue.
    - CVE-2017-8422

 -- José Manuel Santamaría Lema <panfaust at gmail.com>  Mon, 15 May 2017
15:49:46 +0200

** Changed in: kauth (Ubuntu Yakkety)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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  CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation

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